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Thread #104934   Message #2159474
Posted By: Little Hawk
28-Sep-07 - 03:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Jena 6 Controversy
Subject: RE: BS: The Jena 6 Controversy
I have no wish to get involved in the main issues that are driving this discussion, but...

I can't help but note that the town's name, Jena, is being pronounced "Jeena" by people on the news. "Jean-ah".

Strange, because I think the name came from a place in central Europe near where Napoleon fought a big battle with the Prussians, and the people there pronounce it "Yay-nah". The "J" is pronounced like we pronounce a "Y", the "e" is pronounced like "eh". YAY-NAH.

Of course, Jesus wasn't really called "Jesus" back then either. He was probably called "Yeshua". And the Spanish-speaking people nowadays call him "Hay-SOOS", while some other people call him "YAY-SOO" and others prefer to think he never even existed. Well, these things tend to change in translation as they move around, right? ;-)

That's it. My one and only comment here about Jena. You may now all continue debating.